Shaun Munro reviews the fourth episode of Iron Fist… Surprise, surprise, Danny survives his climactic tumble out of a window in one of the more transparently tension-free cliffhangers in recent TV history. Though this episode in fact signifies a rather dull downturn for Danny, at least he has an interesting meet-up with Harold at the beginning, resulting […]
Deja Vu: The Dull Predictability of the Hollywood Tentpole Lineup
Tom Jolliffe on whether the yearly line ups of Blockbusters are becoming too predictable… So new year rolls around, as time inevitably guarantees. At the end of the year we invariably look back. Best of lists permeate film sites across the internet land. Then as soon as we kick into a new January, we start […]
Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Shadow Hawk Takes Flight’
Shaun Munro reviews the second episode of Iron Fist… It’s certainly a bold strategy for a superhero TV show to confine its protagonist to a prison in its mere second episode, and in this case it’s a gamble that ultimately fails to pay off. At this point in Iron Fist, viewers probably want to see […]
Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Snow Gives Way’
Shaun Munro reviews the first episode of Iron Fist… Iron Fist arrives on Netflix today amid the bad-PR double-whammy of whitewashing accusations and a fleet of negative early reviews, but for those prepared to keep an open-mind, can the streaming giant’s fourth Marvel show still deliver the goods? Well, it seems to get one thing right […]
Video Game Review – Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series – Episode 1 “Tangled Up in Blue”
Shaun Munro reviews Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series – Episode 1 “Tangled Up in Blue” Continuing to prove the prevailing inconsistency of Telltale Games’ episodic adventures to date, their stab at Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is a fairly pedestrian exercise in fan wish fulfillment that does just enough to make it worthwhile for the hardcore […]
Mark Bagley variant cover for Amazing Spider-Man #800 revealed
A couple of days ago we got a look at John Romita Sr. and Richard Isanove’s cover for The Amazing Spider-Man #800, and now we have a look at another variant for the landmark issue, this time courtesy of artist Mark Bagley. Take a look here… It’s all been building to this – the biggest […]
Jeremy Renner on the possibility of a Hawkeye solo movie, “those things are in the future”
Ever since Jeremy Renner first picked up the bow in his fleeting cameo in Thor, there has been speculation and rumour of Hawkeye getting his own solo movie. But along with Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow and Mark Ruffalo’s Incredible Hulk, are were no plans in place for any solo-outings in Phase Three – which means […]
Samuel L. Jackson doesn’t think Black Panther will have a lasting impact on Hollywood
Marvel’s Black Panther has proven to be an enormous success, becoming one of the highest-grossing movies of all time as well as being hailed as a watershed moment for the representation of black actors on screen. However, Marvel Cinematic Universe star Samuel L. Jackson isn’t sure that the movie will have a long term impact […]
Tom Holland teases the return of Marvel One-Shots
What makes the Marvel Cinematic Universe feel like a living, breathing universe isn’t just the 15 (soon to be 16) theatrically released feature films and multiple TV shows with constant references and tie-ins to one another, but the more obscure and less explored corners of the franchise as well. On top of prelude comics and […]
Sony’s Spider-Man spin-offs to exist in the same universe as Spider-Man: Homecoming, Amy Pascal seemingly confirms
Just a few days after Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige seemingly confirmed that there were no plans to bring characters (specifically Venom) from Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man spin-off films (Venom and Silver & Black) into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, former Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman and Spider-Man: Homecoming producer Amy Pascal has offered up a slightly contradictory […]
